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The attacker broke into the office of radio station «Echo of Moscow» and was stabbed in the neck of the Deputy chief editor of the radio station Tatiana Felgengauer, the website of «echo of Moscow».

As published on the website of the radio station, threats to the life of a journalist there. Felgenhauer put the catheter and hospitalized. It became known later that the victim is in surgery.

According to doctors, the journalist is in a state of moderate severity.

The attacker was detained by guards of the station, it is interrogated by the police.

Investigation of circumstances of incident is conducted under the supervision of the state Prosecutor’s office.

At the scene continues to work with the police. Official comments about the motives of the perpetrator yet.

It is known that the attacker approached the entrance of the building on Novy Arbat, which rents space version radio, sprayed in the face guard from the spray, tear gas, have risen in the editor, went to the workplace of Tatiana Felgenhauer and slashed her knife across his throat.

Some Russian bloggers and journalists, citing sources, reported that the attackers were two. However, the chief editor of «echo of Moscow» Alexei Venediktov in an interview with the editors of «Novaya Gazeta» refuted the allegations.

According to Venediktova, the offender «knowingly attacked Tatyana Felgengauer and deliberately stabbed her in the throat.»

Chief editor of radio station Vitaly Xena has published on his page in Facebook the photo of the attacker.

In the attack on Tatiana Felgengauer prosecuted for attempted murder.

In a press-service GU MVD of Russia in Moscow in the editorial NEWSru.co.il confirmed previously appeared in the media information that the offender is a national of a foreign state. More information about the investigation to the press service of the Ministry of interior at the time of publication have not been reported.

Tatiana Felgenhauer works for the radio station «Echo of Moscow» more than ten years.

News Agency «Interfax», citing unnamed «sources familiar with the situation,» claims that the attack on the journalist was committed for personal motives and was not connected with professional activity Felgenhauer.

The same sources of «Interfax» claim that the attacker was not armed with a knife and another sharp object.

Later, «Interfax» reported, citing its sources, that the perpetrator of the attack on Tatiana Felgengauer, lived in Israel.

Updated the name of the attacker — Boris grits.

Perhaps we are talking about the author of this blog.

In the record of September 14, the author publishes a direct threat to the address of Tatiana Felgengauer: «in a few weeks I arrive in Moscow and, if it does not stop, the consequences can be very unpleasant.»

The press service of the Israel police edition NEWSru.co.il said that so far no complaints from the Moscow colleagues about the detained for the attack on Tatyana Felgenhauer not been reported.

Details of incident are specified.

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In the editorial «echo of Moscow» stabbed Tatiana Felgengauer 23.10.2017